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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1061

Roman Empire, Faustina the Elder, struck under Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), AR Denarii (6): i) Rome, DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, rev. AVGVSTA, Ceres standing left, holding torch and fold of skirt, 1.68g (RIC 362; BMC 421), heavily worn, fair; ii) another, as before, AVGVSTA, Juno standing right, 2.61g (RIC 363; BMC 428), good fine or better, toned; iii) another, as before, 3.33g, good fine; iv) another, as before, rev. AVGVSTA, Vesta standing left, sacrificing over altar, 2.78g (RIC 370; BMC 440), good to fine; v) another, as before, rev. CONSECRATIO, peacock advancing right, 2.80g (RIC 384; BMC 473), lamentable verdigris, about good; vi) another, as before, 2.81g, good to fine; (6).

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]



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